Mount Savage is a very small town located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 2,396 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Mount Savage is the 230th largest community in Maryland. Mount Savage has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.

When you are in Mount Savage, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 40.3% of Mount Savage's employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 24.7% that do. Overall, Mount Savage is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Mount Savage who work in office and administrative support jobs (11.73%), sales jobs (9.69%), and management occupations (7.35%).

Mount Savage is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Mount Savage isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 98.96% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

Mount Savage is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Mount Savage Information and Demographics

In Mount Savage, just 10.67% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 14.96%.

The per capita income in Mount Savage in 2000 was $16,073, which is low income relative to Maryland, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $64,292 for a family of four.

The people who call Mount Savage home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Mount Savage is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Mount Savage include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Dutch.

The most common language spoken in Mount Savage is English.